The Troubled Renewal of the Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting Great Lakes Water Quality

Inscho, Frederick R.; Durfee, Mary

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“…The Great Lakes region, of which Windsor and Detroit are a part, has a history of cross‐border cooperation through institutions like the International Joint Commission (IJC), and through the passage of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States in 1972 (Caldwell, ; Hildebrand, Pebbles, & Fraser, , p. 431). These institutions have facilitated cross‐border negotiations and internal policy debates in both countries about how to pursue goals related to Great Lakes water quality (Inscho & Durfee, ; Rabe, ; Rabe & Zimmerman, ). The Great Lakes Basin is not the only border region with specialized institutions for cross‐border cooperation.…”

Section: Network For Sustainabilitymentioning

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International Connections for Local Government Sustainability Initiatives: Networks Linking Detroit and Windsor

Zeemering

2014

Journal of Urban Affairs

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How do international border cities interact with one another about sustainable development? Existing research suggests international networks play a role in linking cities in a global dialogue about sustainability. Within individual cities, local networks including government agencies and nongovernmental organizations also play a role in sustainability discussions. This research suggests both perspectives on networks can inform the study of how international border cities approach interaction about sustainable development. Detroit and Windsor are examined as a case study. Interviews with government officials and nongovernmental organizations in both cities illuminate how Windsor and Detroit approach sustainable development in different ways. Social network analysis is used to identify organizations bridging the border between Canada and the United States. The research offers new propositions about how networks contribute to economic, environmental, and social policy coordination in international border regions.

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Section: Network For Sustainabilitymentioning

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International Connections for Local Government Sustainability Initiatives: Networks Linking Detroit and Windsor

Zeemering

2014

Journal of Urban Affairs

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“…In conclusion, although institutional designers set up cross-border commissions with the power to issue hierarchical orders to nation-states in the first half of the twentieth century, de facto, agreement or consent between nation-states has always been the only modus of interaction. 17 The last, cross-border step of interest aggregation in the commission has never been characterized by top-down hierarchical directions; indeed, scholars have discovered that in all border regions, subnational actors strongly influence national delegations and their positions (Blatter 1994;Ingram;Inscho and Durfee;Mumme 1984Mumme , 1985. The implementation of the joint decisions of cross-border commissions without the consent of decentralized units has never been widespread.…”

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Beyond Hierarchies and Networks: Institutional Logics and Change in Transboundary Spaces

Blatter

2003

Governance

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In almost all subfields of political science in the last third of the twentieth century, it was claimed that we are witnessing a transformation of political order from hierarchies to networks. This paper traces institutional change during the twentieth century by examining structures and modes of interaction in transboundary regions in Europe and North America. First, it challenges functionalist explanations of institution-building and institutional change. Instead, the impact of general discourses and ideas is highlighted. Second, it takes a closer look at the hierarchies-to-networks transformation thesis. Whereas this thesis can be confirmed if we define hierarchies and networks as patterns of interaction, if we define hierarchies and networks in terms of modes of interaction this is less certain. De jure, institutional elements implying a "hierarchical order" have been supplanted in newer institutions by provisions allowing for "majority voting." De facto, nothing has changed, since these modes of interaction have never actually been used. In practice, the only way to achieve joint action has always been and still is through "agreement" or "consent." What has changed over the years, though, is the institutionalized approach to reaching "agreement." The older approach uses a technocratic-deductive logic. In recent years, we have been able to observe various new approaches in cross-border regions: a symbolic-inductive logic in Western Europe, a utilitarian-evolutionary logic along the U.S.-Mexican border, and a normative-constructivist logic along the U.S.-Canadian border. Based on the empirical findings, I conclude that institutional theory should pay more attention to the fact that many political institutions provide orientation, shape identities, and mobilize activities through emotional symbols.

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“…Die Ergänzung der nationalstaatlich kontrollierten Kommissionen durch eine Vielzahl von dezentralen und horizontalen Kooperationsformen bedeutet, dass eine near decomposibility der Interaktionsmuster nicht mehr gegeben ist und eine Analyse grenzüberschreitender Politik die Entscheidungsprozesse kaum mehr adäquat abbilden kann, wenn sie davon ausgeht, dass Interessen zuerst entlang nationaler Linien aggregiert und dann grenzüberschreitend verhandelt werden (vgl. Blatter (Mumme 1984(Mumme , 1985Ingram 1988;Inscho/Durfee 1995;Blatter 1994a In den europäischen Grenzregionen sucht man gemeinsames Handeln vor allem durch einen Rekurs auf eine gemeinsame grenzüberschreitende regionale Identität zu induzieren. Identitätsstiftende Symbole wie Logos, Aufkleber oder auch Kulturveranstaltungen zielen auf eine Aktivierung von Gemeinschaftsgefühlen.…”

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Network-structure, logic of interaction and political spaces: Institutional change in European and north American cross-border regions

Blatter

2001

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Der Artikel beschreibt die Bildung und den Wandel politischer Institutionen in europäischen und nordamerikanischen Grenzregionen im Laufe des 20. Jahrhunderts und liefert damit einen Beitrag zur Diskussion um ein Regieren in vernetzten bzw. entgrenzten Räumen. Nach einem ersten theoretisch-konzeptionellen Teil wird gezeigt, dass spätestens seit den neunziger Jahren die nationalen Exekutiven ihre gate-keeper-Rolle verlieren und dass subnationale Akteure bei einer Vielzahl von neuen Institutionen inzwischen immer unabhängigere Rollen einnehmen. Das Strukturmuster der Interaktion wechselt damit zwar von formalen Hierarchien zu Netzwerken. Ein Wandel der governance-Form von Hierarchien zu Netzwerken kann damit allerdings kaum postuliert werden, denn hierarchische Interaktionsmodi konnten auch früher nicht festgestellt werden. Verändert hat sich aber die institutionelle Logik der Konsenssuche. Während in den älte-ren Institutionen eine technokratisch-deduktive Logik vorherrschte, führen in den jüngeren Institutionen eine symbolisch-induktive Logik (vor allem in Europa) sowie rationalistisch-evolutionäre und diskursiv-konstruktivistische Logiken (vor allem in Nordamerika) zum kooperativenHandeln in grenzüberschreitenden Regionen. Auch bezüglich der diskutierten "Deterritorialisierung" von politischen Räumen ergeben sich deutliche Unterschiede zwischen den Kontinenten: während in Europa auch die neueren Institutionen einer Logik der "spaces of place" folgen, orientieren sich die Kooperationsformen in Nordamerika deutlich stärker an einer Logik der "spaces of flows".

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The Troubled Renewal of the Canada-Ontario Agreement Respecting Great Lakes Water Quality

Cited by 4 publications

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International Connections for Local Government Sustainability Initiatives: Networks Linking Detroit and Windsor

International Connections for Local Government Sustainability Initiatives: Networks Linking Detroit and Windsor

Beyond Hierarchies and Networks: Institutional Logics and Change in Transboundary Spaces

Network-structure, logic of interaction and political spaces: Institutional change in European and north American cross-border regions

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